(AP/San Diego Union-Tribune) Olga R. Rodriguez - Some Mexican priests, tired of Mass being interrupted by ringing cell phones, are using counterintelligence technology made in Israel to silence the devices. In four Monterrey churches, cell phone blockers the size of a hand-held radio, made by the Tel Aviv-based Netline Communications Technologies, have been tucked among the statues of saints to bring peace back to Mass. The devices, purchased for about $2,000, emit low-level radio frequencies that thwart cell phone signals within a 100-foot radius.
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